misstep

Example Sentences

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He’s referring to the launch of a controversial drug called Aduhelm, which turned out to be a tremendous misstep for Biogen.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

As for Wayne Rooney, I'll forgive him that one misstep.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

But the company made a big strategic misstep, experts say, by focusing on mainstream routes instead of winning over customers who were looking to fly out of underserved locations.

From MarketWatch • May 2, 2026

The effect instead is one of claustrophobia, an especially embarrassing misstep when it comes to a work about liberation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

As with all code breaking, the work proceeded misstep by misstep.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee